Nothing is too late as long as you still have the time and willingness to try. I believe that there's no age limit in learning new things. So, get your swim suit and hit the water with the friendly Lozada Team!
The BLSS teaches water safety and survival techniques as well as helps conquer one’s
hydrophobia. Under the Bert Lozada Swim System, every student surely acquires the basic skills
in survival swimming. At BLSS, everyone can swim.
BLSS Chief Operating Officer Angelo Lozada shared, “2016 is our 60th year and we are excited to
welcome both old and new students into the Bert Lozada Swim System this summer in over 60 of
our venues nationwide!”
BLSS has a pool of competent staff composed of educators and coaches, some of who are
members of the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) and certified by the Australian
Council for the Teaching of Water-safety and Swimming (AUSTSWIM).
As part of the company’s commitment to provide high quality instruction to its students, the
company continuously updates its technical expertise through the staff’s participation in seminars
both here and abroad such as those conducted by the United States Swim School Association
(USSSA) and World Aquatic Babies and Children Association (WABC) to which BLSS is a
member. Other seminars participated in were held at various swimming centers such as the
Crystal Palace Sports Center in the United Kingdom, the prestigious Leipzig Sports University in
Germany, and the World Swimming Clinic in Florida, USA conducted by the American
Swimming Coaches Association. BLSS is also affiliated with the World Aquatic Baby Congress
(WABC) and the Australian Coaches and Swim Teachers Association (ACSTA).
BERT LOZADA
SWIM SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
My
Baby and Me Infant/Toddler Program
An aquatic program designed to teach parents and children to be
familiar with the water. Parents are taught how to help their child to be
confident and happy in the water, and encourage learning through fun
activities. This program will prepare your infant/toddler physically,
psychologically and socially for more structured swimming lessons later in
life.
1 Teacher : 6 Students with parent ratio
30 minutes/class
Level 1: Water
Explorer (Starfish: Age 6-12 months)
A
pre-swimming class with the parent in the water.
Level 2: Water Familiar (Puffers:
Age 1 - 2.5 years)
For children who are eager to participate with
parent in the water.
Level 3: Water Safety (Guppers:
Age 2.6 – 4 years)
Teaches
children to perform basic water safety.
Level 4: Water Confident
(Penguins: Age 2.6 - 4 years)
For children
who are eager to participate with or without parent in the water.
Level 5: Water Independent
(Seals: Age 2.6 – 4 years)
For children who are independent from parents and
have more confidence in the water.
Kids
& Teens
Our comprehensive program can teach an
absolute beginner both survival skills and sound swimming skills in the four
main swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. Over
20,000 children each year are being taught using our tried and tested method.
SNAPPER
1 (Age: 4 years old and above)
For children who are afraid of the
water or little or no swimming experience.
SNAPPER
2 (Age: 4 to 6 years old)
For children ready to work without the
parent or caregiver and are developing 10m Survival Swim and 10m Dog Paddle.
JAMMER
1 (Age: 7 years old and above)
For children who are developing 15m
Survival Swim and 15m Basic Freestyle
JAMMER
2 (Age: 7 years old and above)
For children who are developing 15m
Backstroke and 15m Butterfly
JAMMER
3 (Age: 7 Years old
and above)
For children who are developing 15m
Breast Stroke and Advance freestyle mechanics
SWIM
SQUAD (Age:
5 years old and above)
A pre-competitive swim program with
supervised coaching, open to individuals who can swim all four strokes
(freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke).
Adults
This
program supports every skill level at all ages, including adult learn to swim
classes, stroke development, swim-for-fitness classes, up to high performance
training for adults who participate in triathlon or any swim race.
INTRO
SWIM
Teaches
comfort in the water, confidence, and being in control: the ability to be
yourself in water, whether it's shallow or deep, pool, lake, or ocean. Being
able to rely on yourself—not on the bottom or the side of the pool—for your
safety. We are the only swim school in
the Philippines that is certified to teach the world renowned MIRACLE SWIMMING
METHOD of the Miracle Swimming Institute,
USA.
If
you’re afraid or not comfortable in the water, this is the perfect program for
you!
BASIC
Teaches fundamental skills like
floating, arm & leg action and breathing in a stress-free, encouraging
atmosphere. Focuses on survival stroke
and freestyle.
ADVANCE
1
Stroke drills and expert coaching
allow you to develop perfect technique in breaststroke and backstroke.
ADVANCE
2
Stroke drills and expert coaching
allow you to develop perfect technique in advance freestyle and butterfly.
POWER
SWIM
Teaches racing technique and
preparation to athletes of all levels. Through specially designed workouts and
proper stroke management, students will be able to swim faster with efficient
technique. The program’s goal is to help you achieve a lifetime of swimming
improvement.
Specialized
Programs
SPECIAL
NEEDS
Our Special Needs Program takes into
consideration the student's emotional needs and physical capabilities. The goal
is to help each student become physically active (purposeful movements) and
impart to them life-saving skills of swimming.
FITNESS
A recreational and fitness swimming
program designed to suit your individual needs, whether swimming for fun,
fitness or sport.
SWIM TEAM
BLSS’s expertise and quest for
excellence has produced more than 1000 National team members and 7 Olympians.
For everyone age 5-25 years and can swim at least 200 meters of freestyle and
25 meters of Butterfly, Backstroke and Breast Stroke. It is an exciting
opportunity for children to experience the world of competitive swimming.
Parents can also expect their kids to develop social skills and build character
as part of the training program.
Free
Swim Lessons
Among
the perennial problems our society confronts is the growing number of
out-of-school youth and its social and psychological impact in the community.
Giving them worthwhile activities and using their idle time is one way to develop
these youths to become productive citizens. Bert Lozada Swim School helps in
teaching indigent children the necessary swimming skills that will help them
improve their lives… for free. They are taught life-saving skills in the event
of a flood, as well as allow them to get into the swim program in order to have
a chance at a college scholarship.
Events
COMPETITION
MANAGEMENT
We
provide consistent superior Meet Management services. We offer meet
organizers an array of consulting, training, timing system operation, and
meet database management services. We can help you plan effectively for your
meet and then ensure that the meet is Coach and Swimmer friendly once the
competition has begun. We have over 20 years of Meet Management experience.
If you need help running a meet, we have the services to fit your needs.
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“We have continuously evolved our training expertise in recognition of the numerous
developments and learnings, both in technology and psychology,” Lozada shared. “Our founder,
Bert Lozada, started this institution with a vision of a „drown-free Philippines‟ and we share that
vision with him.”
The BLSS also conducts its own research and development on the current trends in the field of
swimming. Thus, it has developed its very own swimming equipment scientifically engineered for
use in the various stages of its swimming programs.
For more information about BLSS’ venues and schedules, please call 563-5532 or visit.
Meet the Personalities behind BLSS
Angelo
is Certified and educated at the World Swimming Coaches, United States Swim
School Association, Australian Council for the Teaching Of Swimming and Water
Safety and the Philippine Swimming Inc,
CEO of the Bert
Lozada Swim School
Meet the Personalities behind BLSS
ANGELO
LOZADA
COO of Bert Lozada
Swim School
Angelo
is Certified and educated at the World Swimming Coaches, United States Swim
School Association, Australian Council for the Teaching Of Swimming and Water
Safety and the Philippine Swimming Inc,
Coach
Angelo makes sure that his students learn properly while enjoying and having
fun in the water to draw out the best in them. Bert Lozada Swim School started
in 1965 through the initiative of its founder and Coach Angelo’s father Bert
Lozada.
ANTHONY
JOSEPH LOZADA
CEO of the Bert
Lozada Swim School
Anthony was already
teaching and coaching swimming when his father Bert formally organized the Bert
Lozada Swim School(BLSS) in 1986. Back then it was known as the Lozada Swimming
Specialists and Aquatic Services inc. (LSSAS).
Anthony starting
coaching in 1987 but his formal introduction to coaching members of the
national team happened when he assisted his father during the 1991 Southeast
Asian Games where the Philippines won 2nd Place.
German national coach
Lothar Matthes, who was the country’s foreign coaching consultant at that time,
saw great potential in Anthony that he recommended him to the German Embassy
and the Philippine Sports Commission for a scholarship grant and pursue a
Diploma course in swim coaching at the prestigious Leipzig Sports University
where legendary sports champions of the former East Germany was produced.
Anthony was only the 2nd Filipino to have acquired coaching
expertise from Leipzig.
In 1992, Anthony was
again a recipient of a coaching course at the Crystal Palace National Sports
Center conducted by British Swimming. Anthony developed national swimmers who
represented the country at high-level international competitions among them the
2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Anthony and his wife
Eloisa attended swim teacher’s certification courses (infants & toddlers)
in Australia in 2008 under the AUSTSWIM,
Australia’s national organization for the teaching of swimming and water safety.
It was in 2011 when
Anthony started coaching triathletes improve their swim. He then pursued coaching education in
Triathlon courtesy of the Triathlon Association of the Philippines(TRAP) and is
now a Certified Level-2 Triathlon Coach by the , International Triathlon
Union(ITU), Lausanne Switzerland. In 2013
His passion in
developing triathlon coaches made him one of only 2 Asians to be given the
opportunity of facilitating coaching certification courses as a Certified
Coaches Education Facilitator by the International Triathlon Union(ITU). He
conducted certification courses in China and Iran. He also attended and
assisted at international triathlon training camps in China, Korea, Thailand,
Iran and Portugal under the guidance of top coaches in the sport of triathlon.
In 2015, Anthony was named as one of the triathlon coaches of Team Asia. Here,
Anthony received a coaching mentorship program from the Asian Triathlon
Confederation(ASTC) where Canadian ITU Coach Luc Morin was his mentor.
2014 was a banner
year for Anthony and his triathlon coaching because it was here when his
triathlete (Victorija Deldio) became the
country’s 1st triathlete to qualify and race in an Olympic Triathlon
event which was at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China. It was back
to the Olympics for Anthony. . It was also this year when Anthony’s visually
impaired athletes, 15 year old Jerome
and Joshua Nelmida who also happens to be identical twins barged into the
Triathlon community as the country’s 1st visually impaired
traithletes to race as guest participants in the PT-5 category of the 2015
Asian Paratriathlon Championships which was held in Subic Olongapo City.
In 2015, Anthony was
able to coach the country’s top junior triathlete(Edward Jared Macalalad) at prestigious
World Triathlon Grand Finals in Chicago. This was the culmination of his 2015
season. Anthony and His Athlete Jared was sent by the Asian Triathlon Confederation(ASTC) to
training camps in Thailand supervised by top ITU coaches Luc Morin and coach
Peter Clifford of High Performance Tri Australia in preparation for this race.
Anthony has always
wanted to pursue his father’s drive towards bringing swimming to as many
individuals as possible regardless of Age, Ability or status in life. In 2012,
he attended a course in San Diego USA in teaching swimming to kids with Autism.
Anthony’s passion in
the sport fuelled his energy into adding this to the courses that blss would
offer that year. He took in a few students under his direct supervision but he
would also transfer this knowledge along with sending his senior teacher to
attend courses in the USA so that they
could also experience the joy of teaching seeing kids with special needs learn how
to swim.
For Anthony, Coaching
is Teaching. Athletes need to be taught and develop fundamental skills so that
they are able to reach their full potential and maximize their God given
talent. Anthony strives for Excellence in each student that he teaches and each
athlete that he coaches. Coaches and teachers also need to practice professionalism
regardless of the level.
Anthony doesn’t and
will not stop learning how to teach/coach so that he gives his best at all
times. For Anthony, the best coach/teacher must have the knowledge in order for
a coach to be effective and efficient in developing his students/athletes
regardless of their limitations in life.
Anthony believes that
the best teacher/coach is not always the person who has the most knowledge or
diplomas but the one who has the patience and uses his knowledge to find different
ways to develop the skills of his students/athletes.
Anthony will always
tell you..”I am a Teacher and a Coach because I love my sport and what I do. My
passion is to create an environment where my students and athletes will be able
to learn and develop their God given talent in pursuit of their dreams and goals.”
Anthony took up his Elementary,
Secondary and College at the De La Salle University. He took up Bachelor of
Science in Commerce, majoring in Business Management. He is married to Ma.
Eloisa V. Lozada who works as a flight purser for Philippine Airlines and a
professional photographer. They have a daughter who is a swimmer and triathlete
Keona Marie V. Lozada.
Pepper
Angeles-Lozada
BLSS Infant Aquatics
Program Manager
Pepper Angeles-Lozada is married to
Coach Angelo Lozada, mother to 3 energetic boys, a homeschool mom and a
licensed Zumba fitness instructor.
She has always been fond of swimming
since she was 2 years old. In college, she joined the St. Scholastica’s
swimming team and eventually became the Team Captain. While in college, she
found herself drawn to another water sport, Springboard & Platform diving
during the 1991 South East Asian Games. Initially, it was just a hobby sport
until the National coach encouraged her to try out for the national team…and
landed a spot in the team. However, it was a short-lived sports career.
Not long after that, she found herself
working for Ayala Corporation in 1996 under the Corporate Affairs Department.
On the side, she worked as party host for children’s party. After 6 years, she
decided to take on the job offered by Coach Angelo to teach infant &
toddler swimming.
Teaching infant & toddler swimming
was like second nature to Pepper, backed up with hands-on trainings under The
Aquatic Achievers Swim School and certification from AUSTSwim she had in
Queensland, Australia. She aimed to be good at what she does by always keeping
herself up to date with the latest techniques on teaching infant & toddler
swimming by attending conferences hosted by the U.S. Swim School Association.
In Bert Lozada Swim School, she holds
a significant role by improving the school’s infant & toddler swim program,
My Baby & Me. She also handles the training of teachers for the said
program.
BERT
LOZADA SWIM SCHOOL (BLSS)
60 years of teaching expertise
For the late Remberto
“Bert” C. Lozada, swimming is not just a leisure sport but also a means
of preserving one’s life. It
encourages self-confidence, reliability, independence and judgment. More importantly, there is an increasing
need for all young people to cope with the environment of water in order to
at least be able to save their own lives.
This is the philosophy that keeps BLSS at the top of the industry
since 1956. From a single swim lesson
provider, BLSS is now the largest and best managed swim school in country
today.
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from the individual to the
community
Today,
Bert Lozada’s legacy is extended and carried further not just to individuals
but now to different communities and municipalities, through the help of his
family and establishment of the Bert
Lozada Swimming School (BLSS). BLSS
currently runs learn to swim programs, competitive programs as well as
comprehensive programs for the PE department of different Educational
Institutions.
BLSS fundamentals of swimming
BLSS
is the only swimming institution that provides personalized and group teaching
instruction to infants, children and adults through the Bert Lozada Swim System.
The
BLSS teaches water safety and survival techniques as well as helps conquer
one’s hydrophobia. Under the Bert Lozada
Swim System, every student surely acquires the basic skills in survival
swimming. At BLSS, everyone can swim.
training & coaching
While teaching the fundamentals of swimming, BLSS is constantly on
the look out for talented students who can be trained to be future swimming
champions of their school, club, city, region and even the country. BLSS’s expertise in training and
coaching have also contributed to the swimming industry thru the discovery of
swimming champions in both local and international competitions—BLSS produced 6
Olympians Eric Buhain, Jenny Guerrero, Lisa Danila, Raphael Chua, Ryan Arabejo
and Ryan Papa and veteran internationalists’ Lambert Guiriba, Enchong Dee and Erin
Castrillo, to name a few.
total development
BLSS
is dedicated to teaching every individual a life preserving skill that develops
the person to become self-disciplined, self-reliant, physically fit and
confident to achieve his/her goals.
Furthermore, through its many community service projects, BLSS has
proven that swimming helps keep the youth off the streets and away from drugs.
bert lozada swim
system
The system is aimed at encouraging as many individuals as possible
to take up swimming for health, safety and leisure. It teaches water-safety skills to children
and adults and introduces early competitive skills to students. It also pioneers in the water familiarization
of infants, six months old to three years old.
The system also includes an awards scheme, which recognizes the
achievements of its students, as well as motivates them to excel in the sport
of swimming.
BLSS has a pool of competent staff composed of educators and coaches,
some of who are members of the World Swimming
Coaches Association (WSCA) and certified by the Australian Council for the Teaching of Water-safety and Swimming
(AUSTSWIM). As part of the company’s
commitment to provide high quality instruction to its students, the company
continuously updates its technical expertise through the staff’s participation
in seminars both here and abroad such as those conducted by the United States Swim School Association
(USSSA) and World Aquatic Babies and Children Association (WABC) to which
BLSS is a member. Other seminars
participated in were held to various swimming centers such as the Crystal
Palace Sports Center in the United Kingdom, the prestigious Leipzig Sports
University in Germany and the World Swimming Clinic in Florida, USA conducted
by the American Swimming Coaches Association.
BLSS is also affiliated with the World
Aquatic Baby Congress (WABC) and the Australian
Coaches and Swim Teachers Association (ACSTA).
The BLSS also conducts its own research and development on the
current trends in the field of swimming.
Thus, it has developed its very own swimming equipment scientifically
engineered for use in the various stages of its swimming programs.
More than 60 locations
BLSS system is currently running in more than 60 venues
nationwide. The system can be seen at
various sports clubs, villages, hotels, condominiums, schools and companies.
ENROLL NOW!
2401 Tejeron St., Sta Ana, Manila 1009, Philippines •
T: +63(2) 563-5532 F: +63(2) 562-8041
Email: info@bertlozadaswimschool.com • www.bertlozadaswimschool.com
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